Hello List John and Chrissy, The FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page “Miscellaneous tips” section “Find the meaning of words used in India” http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Miscellaneous_tips#Find_the_meaning_of_words_used_in_India or http://tinyurl.com/nf6wr5c This includes items such as Hobson-Jobson, available online. Also mention of later dictionaries, not available online, which you could try to source through your library (perhaps an inter-library loan) or buy second hand (eg through Abebooks http://www.abebooks.com) Cheers Maureen Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 07:08:03 +1000 > From: "John Wellborne" <[email protected]> > Subject: [INDIA] Re; Dictionary of English Indian words, terms and > their translations > > > Hello Listers, > > Can anyone direct me to an available, preferably on line, dictionary of Indian - English meanings. > > I am pacifically looking for terms, and Indian words, and their English translation, as commonly used during the British Raj. > Huzhoor=Lord, Badmash=scoundrel, Shabash= Bravo!, Sahib, Mensahib etc. > > Further to this what is the Indian word for the Indian greeting, where the hands are placed together, as if praying,and the head bowed > I believe that " Namaste" is a correct terminology ? > > Cheers > > John & Chrissy Wellborne > > Bundaberg, Queensland, > > >